diff --git a/Eigen/src/Array/ArrayWrapper.h b/Eigen/src/Array/ArrayWrapper.h
index 9b7c83951..75bc33770 100644
--- a/Eigen/src/Array/ArrayWrapper.h
+++ b/Eigen/src/Array/ArrayWrapper.h
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
   */
 template<typename ExpressionType>
 struct ei_traits<ArrayWrapper<ExpressionType> >
- : public ei_traits<ExpressionType>
+  : public ei_traits<typename ei_cleantype<typename ExpressionType::Nested>::type >
 {
   typedef DenseStorageArray DenseStorageType;
 };
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ class ArrayWrapper : public ArrayBase<ArrayWrapper<ExpressionType> >
     EIGEN_DENSE_PUBLIC_INTERFACE(ArrayWrapper)
     EIGEN_INHERIT_ASSIGNMENT_OPERATORS(ArrayWrapper)
 
+    typedef typename ei_nested<ExpressionType>::type NestedExpressionType;
+
     inline ArrayWrapper(const ExpressionType& matrix) : m_expression(matrix) {}
 
     inline int rows() const { return m_expression.rows(); }
@@ -103,7 +105,7 @@ class ArrayWrapper : public ArrayBase<ArrayWrapper<ExpressionType> >
     inline void evalTo(Dest& dst) const { dst = m_expression; }
 
   protected:
-    const ExpressionType& m_expression;
+    const NestedExpressionType m_expression;
 };
 
 /** \class MatrixWrapper
@@ -118,7 +120,7 @@ class ArrayWrapper : public ArrayBase<ArrayWrapper<ExpressionType> >
 
 template<typename ExpressionType>
 struct ei_traits<MatrixWrapper<ExpressionType> >
- : public ei_traits<ExpressionType>
+ : public ei_traits<typename ei_cleantype<typename ExpressionType::Nested>::type >
 {
   typedef DenseStorageMatrix DenseStorageType;
 };
@@ -131,6 +133,8 @@ class MatrixWrapper : public MatrixBase<MatrixWrapper<ExpressionType> >
     EIGEN_DENSE_PUBLIC_INTERFACE(MatrixWrapper)
     EIGEN_INHERIT_ASSIGNMENT_OPERATORS(MatrixWrapper);
 
+    typedef typename ei_nested<ExpressionType>::type NestedExpressionType;
+
     inline MatrixWrapper(const ExpressionType& matrix) : m_expression(matrix) {}
 
     inline int rows() const { return m_expression.rows(); }
@@ -182,7 +186,7 @@ class MatrixWrapper : public MatrixBase<MatrixWrapper<ExpressionType> >
     }
 
   protected:
-    const ExpressionType& m_expression;
+    const NestedExpressionType& m_expression;
 };
 
 #endif // EIGEN_ARRAYWRAPPER_H
diff --git a/test/inverse.cpp b/test/inverse.cpp
index b80e139e0..713caf4a6 100644
--- a/test/inverse.cpp
+++ b/test/inverse.cpp
@@ -96,5 +96,6 @@ void test_inverse()
     CALL_SUBTEST_5( inverse(MatrixXf(s,s)) );
     s = ei_random<int>(25,100);
     CALL_SUBTEST_6( inverse(MatrixXcd(s,s)) );
+    CALL_SUBTEST_7( inverse(Matrix4d()) );
   }
 }
diff --git a/test/nesting_ops.cpp b/test/nesting_ops.cpp
index 565bc3644..831c71da7 100644
--- a/test/nesting_ops.cpp
+++ b/test/nesting_ops.cpp
@@ -24,8 +24,9 @@
 
 #include "main.h"
 
-template <typename MatrixType> void run_nesting_ops(const MatrixType& m)
+template <typename MatrixType> void run_nesting_ops(const MatrixType& _m)
 {
+  typename MatrixType::Nested m(_m);
   typedef typename MatrixType::Scalar Scalar;
 
 #ifdef NDEBUG
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ template <typename MatrixType> void run_nesting_ops(const MatrixType& m)
   // inlining for these tests to pass.
   VERIFY(is_debug);
 
-  // The only intention of these tests is to ensure that this code does 
+  // The only intention of these tests is to ensure that this code does
   // not trigger any asserts or segmentation faults... more to come.
   VERIFY( (m.transpose() * m).diagonal().sum() == (m.transpose() * m).diagonal().sum() );
   VERIFY( (m.transpose() * m).diagonal().array().abs().sum() == (m.transpose() * m).diagonal().array().abs().sum() );